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Chernihiv, 
Ukraine
244,882 people lived in Chernihiv in 2025. It is the 2380th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 16th largest in Ukraine.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Chernihiv governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Chernihiv grew
For every 10 people in Chernihiv in 1975, there were 7.1 in 2025: it shrank.
On the UN's projection it will have 230,484 people in 2050. On the UN's projection it passes 250,000 people between 2025 and 2030.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: one column every five years, 1975 to 2050; its height is the number of people. Hatched columns are the UN's projection. The thin strip beneath says how sure the UN is of each figure: the stronger the colour, the surer. A blank means the place was not on the UN's list of cities that year.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Chernihiv through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Chernihiv in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Ukraine · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Chernihiv is the dot in colour with a ring around it. The grey dots are the other cities of Ukraine in 2025, 79 in all, led by Kiev, each drawn with an area that matches its people. Countries next door are outlines only.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Chernihiv covered 56 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 13 km² of it. That is 52 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 7 by 7 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown by 64%, and its people have fallen by 29%.
How to read this: the outer pale square stands for all the land the city covers, and the solid square inside it for the part with buildings, roads and the like on it. All three squares share a scale, so you can compare them by eye. A hatched one is a year the UN has projected.
Of every 100 people in Ukraine
Its share of Ukraine
Of every 1,000 people in Ukraine in 2025, 6 lived in Chernihiv, which is 244,882 people.
How to read this: 1,000 squares stand for everyone in Ukraine, one square for every 1,000th person. Count the coloured ones and you have Chernihiv's share; the grey remainder live somewhere else in the country.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 2374 Yamoussoukro Côte d’Ivoire245,612
- 2376 Shorsh Iraq245,565
- 2377 Dhupguri India245,107
- 2378 Termez Uzbekistan245,080
- 2380 Chernihiv244,882
- 2381 Khairpur Pakistan244,838
- 2384 Cinco Ranch United States244,538
- 2388 Subang Indonesia244,383
- 2389 Kousseri Cameroon244,247
In Ukraine, 2025
- 1612 Luhansk354,296
- 1972 Simferopol294,735
- 2263 Kherson257,682
- 2350 Cherkasy248,683
- 2380 Chernihiv244,882
- 2412 Poltava242,753
- 2605 Sevastopol226,028
- 2975 Kropyvnytskyi200,894
- 2987 Makiivka200,425
How to read this: the figure in front of a name is where that city stands among the 12,138 cities the UN counted in 2025, and each bar is its people, on one scale per list. Numbers are missing where a city has fewer than 300,000 people and so has no page of its own.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Chernihiv are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Chernihiv publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries